| Team: | South Africa |
| Destination: | Europe |
| Yearstart: | 2008 |
| Matchplayed: | 3 |
| Matchwon: | 3 |
| Matchdraw: | 0 |
| Matchlost: | 0 |
| Testplayed: | 3 |
| Testwon: | 3 |
| Testdraw: | 0 |
| Testlost: | 0 |
| Played1: | 1 |
| Won1: | 1 |
| Draw1: | 0 |
| Lost1: | 0 |
| Played2: | 1 |
| Won2: | 1 |
| Draw2: | 0 |
| Lost2: | 0 |
| Played3: | 1 |
| Won3: | 1 |
| Draw3: | 0 |
| Lost3: | 0 |
See main article: 2008 end of year rugby union tests. The 2008 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Great Britain by South Africa national rugby union team.
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| Wales | South Africa | ||||||||
| Lee Byrne | FB | 15 | FB | Conrad Jantjes | |||||
| Leigh Halfpenny | W | 14 | W | JP Pietersen | |||||
| Tom Shanklin | C | 13 | C | ||||||
| Jamie Roberts | C | 12 | C | ||||||
| Shane Williams | W | 11 | W | Bryan Habana | |||||
| Stephen Jones | FH | 10 | FH | Ruan Pienaar | |||||
| Gareth Cooper | SH | 9 | SH | ||||||
| Andy Powell | N8 | 8 | N8 | ||||||
| Martyn Williams | F | 7 | F | ||||||
| F | 6 | F | Schalk Burger | ||||||
| Ian Evans | L | 5 | L | Victor Matfield | |||||
| Alun Wyn Jones | L | 4 | L | ||||||
| Adam Jones | P | 3 | P | John Smit (capt.) | |||||
| Matthew Rees | H | 2 | H | Bismarck du Plessis | |||||
| Gethin Jenkins | P | 1 | P | Tendai Mtawarira | |||||
| Replacements | |||||||||
| Richard Hibbard | 16 | P | Brian Mujati 67'-74' | ||||||
| Duncan Jones | 17 | P | Gurthro Steenkamp | ||||||
| Ian Gough | L | 18 | L | ||||||
| Dafydd Jones | 19 | N8 | |||||||
| Dwayne Peel | SH | 20 | SH | ||||||
| James Hook | FH | 21 | C | ||||||
| Andrew Bishop | 22 | C | |||||||
| Coaches | |||||||||
 Warren Gatland | Peter de Villiers  |
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| Scotland | South Africa | ||||||||
| Chris Paterson | FB | 15 | FB | Conrad Jantjes | |||||
| Thom Evans | W | 14 | W | JP Pietersen | |||||
| Ben Cairns | C | 13 | C | Adrian Jacobs | |||||
| Nick de Luca | C | 12 | C | ||||||
| Rory Lamont | W | 11 | W | ||||||
| Phil Godman | FH | 10 | FH | Ruan Pienaar | |||||
| SH | 9 | SH | Ricky Januarie | ||||||
| Ally Hogg | N8 | 8 | N8 | ||||||
| John Barclay | F | 7 | F | Juan Smith | |||||
| Jason White | F | 6 | F | ||||||
| Jim Hamilton | L | 5 | L | Victor Matfield | |||||
| Nathan Hines | L | 4 | L | ||||||
| Euan Murray | P | 3 | P | John Smit (capt.) | |||||
| Ross Ford | H | 2 | H | ||||||
| Allan Jacobsen | P | 1 | P | ||||||
| Replacements | |||||||||
| Dougie Hall | H | 16 | H | ||||||
| Alasdair Dickinson | P | 17 | P | ||||||
| Matt Mustchin | L | 18 | L | ||||||
| Scott Gray | F | 19 | F | ||||||
| Rory Lawson | W | 20 | N8 | ||||||
| 10'-20' Dan Parks | FH | 21 | C | ||||||
| Hugo Southwell | FB | 22 | W | ||||||
| Coaches | |||||||||
| Frank Hadden | Peter de Villiers |
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| England | South Africa | ||||||||
| Delon Armitage | FB | 15 | FB | ||||||
| Paul Sackey | W | 14 | W | JP Pietersen | |||||
| Jamie Noon | C | 13 | C | ||||||
| Riki Flutey | C | 12 | C | Jean de Villiers | |||||
| Ugo Monye | W | 11 | W | Bryan Habana | |||||
| Danny Cipriani | FH | 10 | FH | ||||||
| Danny Care | SH | 9 | SH | Ricky Januarie | |||||
| Nick Easter | N8 | 8 | N8 | ||||||
| Tom Rees | F | 7 | F | Danie Rossouw - | |||||
| James Haskell | F | 6 | F | Schalk Burger | |||||
| Tom Palmer | L | 5 | L | Victor Matfield | |||||
| L | 4 | L | |||||||
| Phil Vickery | P | 3 | P | ||||||
| Lee Mears | H | 2 | H | John Smit (capt.) | |||||
| Tim Payne | P | 1 | P | ||||||
| Replacements | |||||||||
| Dylan Hartley | H | 16 | P | Chiliboy Ralepelle 33'-39' | |||||
| Matt Stevens | P | 17 | P | ||||||
| Simon Shaw | L | 18 | L | ||||||
| Tom Croft | F | 19 | F | ||||||
| Jordan Crane | N8 | 20 | N8 | ||||||
| Harry Ellis | SH | 21 | FH | ||||||
| Toby Flood | C | 22 | C | ||||||
| Coaches | |||||||||
| Martin Johnson | Peter de Villiers |